a given brand may retain almost total control over the distribution assets it owns: where to locate, how often to deliver, or how much to advertise. For the purposes of this article, such a relationship

of the franchisor’s management personnel and pending litigation,
• offer an opt-out provision from forced buying so franchisees can invest in other small local businesses,
• prohibit “gag” orders that prevent

for the trusting, Indentured servants, Advertisingfund put into general franchisor's coffers, Expropriation without compensation, Gag order (confidentiality agreement), Must buy only through franchisor